I used to think "farce" was a swear-word - well when you think about it it sounds like a cross "fart" and "arse" so I guess that's why I thought that
A childhood belief about swearing

others believed things like this
- i could swear eleventeen was a number for the longest time -- it still sounds pretty convincing.— erin
- I thought the f-word was fart.— Caroline
- i used to think the word "suck" was a swear wordAnon
- i believed the f-word was fart until i was about 8.— Kendra
- I used to think that fart was a bad word and then i heard my mom say it once and I was so shocked.— Tara
- I used to believe that bizarre was a swear word.Anon